sacrum

Bedeutung (Englisch)

A large triangular bone at the base of the spine, located between the two ilia (wings of the pelvis) and formed from vertebrae that fuse in adulthood.

Konzepte

Kreuzbein

Kreuz

ungewöhnliches Aussehen

Os sacrum

Sakrum

Synonyme

sacral bone

buttocks

lower back

rump

unusual physique

outstanding appearance

philosophic turn of mind

male organ

backbone

tail base

Übersetzungen

sacrum

sacro

sacre

heiligbeen

osso sacro

sacro

os sacrum

ιερό οστό

os sacre

hueso

🦴

hueso sacro

kuyruksokumu kemiği

sağrı kemiği

العجز

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Latin os sacrum (“holy bone”), a calque of Ancient Greek ἱερὸν ὀστέον (hieròn ostéon). Apparently so called either because the sacrum was the part of the animal offered in sacrifice or because of a putative belief that it is where a person's soul resides. A third explanation is that the term is a translation of Ancient Greek ἱερόν (hierón), which has two meanings: “holy, sacred”, and “big” — big being a more appropriate description of the sacrum — but compare.